<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JQIS</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Journal of Quantum Information Science</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2162-5751</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/jqis.2017.72004</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">JQIS-75758</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Looped Light on Dark Energy
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mohamed</surname><given-names>S. El Naschie</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sub>1</sub></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><label>1</label><addr-line>Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt</addr-line></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">* E-mail:</corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>28</day><month>04</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume>07</volume><issue>02</issue><fpage>43</fpage><lpage>47</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>February</day>	<month>7,</month>	<year>2017</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>Accepted:</day>	<month>April</month>	<year>25,</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>April</day>	<month>28,</month>	<year>2017</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
  We give a mathematical golden mean distribution based probabilistic confirmation of a recent spectacular experiment with light. The experiment in question is a three-slit variant of the well known two-slit set up of quantum mechanics. The outcome of the sophisticated experiment revealed the looped path of light on the quantum scale and consequently the Peano-Hilbert geometry of spacetime, ergo its fractal-Cantorian nature. The mathematics used here on the other hand is the remarkably simple and insightful golden mean probability distribution known from a famous paradox known in social sciences as the voter paradox.
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Dark Energy</kwd><kwd> the Voter Paradox</kwd><kwd> Golden Mean Distribution</kwd><kwd>  Looped Light</kwd><kwd> the Triple-Slit Experiment</kwd><kwd> Cantorian-Fractal Spacetime</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>In [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref1">1</xref>] , Nobel Laureate Gerardus ‘tHooft wrote:</p><p>“… The physics of elementary particles has nothing to do with the physics of low temperature, but the mathematics is very, very similar… What a nice feature of theoretical physics! Totally different worlds can be compared with each other, just because they happen to obey similar mathematical equations.”</p><p>In the present letter we take ‘tHooft’s words much further than we could have thought possible by comparing the voter paradox of political sciences [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref2">2</xref>] with the outcome of the triple-slit experiment [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref3">3</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref4">4</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref5">5</xref>] simply because both theories not only obey identical mathematics but also stand in an almost one to one analogical correspondence to each other [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref2">2</xref>] . Needless to say, this correspondence is far from being accidental and is basically deeply rooted in number theory and the golden ratio with its now well documented relation to physics and life [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref5">5</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref13">13</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Background Information of a Paradox from Mathematical Socio-Political Science</title><p>The voter paradox with its golden mean distribution [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref7">7</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref8">8</xref>] is a highly non-tri- vial and interesting subject in the mathematical theory of probability and has well known profound implications in social and political sciences [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref1">1</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref11">11</xref>] . In particular and similar to Hardy’s quantum entanglement [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref9">9</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref10">10</xref>] , the golden mean appears as the solution which can be stated in an unexpected but rather simple theorem [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref1">1</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref6">6</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref7">7</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref11">11</xref>] . It is the aim of the present letter to show how this said theorem can be applied to the triple-slit experiment in a way quite similar to earlier solutions of the two-slit experiment [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref14">14</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref15">15</xref>] .</p><p>We start with the probabilistic mathematics of the voter paradox [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref1">1</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref11">11</xref>] . This could be stated as follows [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref1">1</xref>] :</p><p>Let X, Y and Z be random variables and the corresponding probabilities are denoted by P(X), P(Y) and P(Z).</p><p>Theorem:</p><p>For independent X, Y and Z all the three probabilities P(X), P(Y) and P(Z) can be as large as the<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x3.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, i.e. the golden mean and its value is the largest possible.</p><p>For details the reader is referred to the relevant literature [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref1">1</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref11">11</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. Analogy and Correspondence</title><p>In this part we give a short account of the analogical correspondence between the voter paradox and the looped light experiment [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref3">3</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref5">5</xref>] which we alluded to earlier on. Now in the triple-slit experiment we have three “holes” where the random “photons” pass through and the obvious crucial point is that we may identify the probability of photons going through them with the three probabilities [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref1">1</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref11">11</xref>]</p><disp-formula id="scirp.75758-formula15"><label>(1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x4.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x5.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the golden mean given in the preceding theorem. Consequently for the experimental physical set up to obey the simultaneity forbidden by classical mechanics but admitted by the way-particle duality of quantum mechanics we see that the probability corresponding to the looped light of the three-slit experiment must be [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref10">10</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref15">15</xref>]</p><disp-formula id="scirp.75758-formula16"><label>(2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x6.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Note that Equation (2) corresponds to the counterfactual part of Hardy’s quantum entanglement <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x7.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> i.e. <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x8.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and reflects also the very structure of empty spacetime [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref9">9</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref10">10</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref12">12</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref13">13</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref14">14</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref15">15</xref>]</p><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x9.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is nothing but the inverse of the Hausdorff dimension of the fractal Cantorian core of spacetime, namely <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x10.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> according to the von Neumann-Connes dimensional function [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref9">9</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref14">14</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref15">15</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. Discussion</title><p>From the preceding simple chain of thought it is obvious that we may interpret the results of Equation (2) as a confirmation of the fractal-Cantorian nature of spacetime [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref14">14</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref15">15</xref>] and therefore also a confirmation of the Peano-Hilbert dynamics resembling the looped light result of the recent remarkable experiment of Refs. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref3">3</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref4">4</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref5">5</xref>] . It is interesting to see the utter simplicity of our interpretation. For instance one slit only would correspond to <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x11.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> which is a quantum particle in the E-infinity interpretation, i.e. the zero set [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref4">4</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref5">5</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref16">16</xref>] . If we open two slits we obtain <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x12.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> which is the quantum wave, i.e. the empty set [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref16">16</xref>] . Finally <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x13.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is what will give us the cobordism of the wave which is empty spacetime [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref16">16</xref>] . This is a key point in understanding quantum mechanics in a way which we feel could appeal to the view point of many deep thinkers such as ‘tHooft [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref1">1</xref>] . It is really a deceptively harmless point but on a deep level mean nothing less than replacing the mysterious wave collapse, i.e. state vector reduction by an obvious move from a zero set to an empty set [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref16">16</xref>] .</p><p>Interestingly we could take a special case of the voter paradox namely the Steinhaus-Trybula paradox [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref11">11</xref>] where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x14.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is replaced by <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x15.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and find using the preceding mathematics the following dimensions for an idealized spacetime namely [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref9">9</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref10">10</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref12">12</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref13">13</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref16">16</xref>]</p><disp-formula id="scirp.75758-formula17"><label>(3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x16.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>which is the two Brane of a string world sheet [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref9">9</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref10">10</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref12">12</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref13">13</xref>] while</p><disp-formula id="scirp.75758-formula18"><label>(4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x17.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>is our classical spacetime and finally</p><disp-formula id="scirp.75758-formula19"><label>(5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/1-1300213x18.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>which is super space of super symmetry [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref16">16</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref17">17</xref>] . It really is as simple as that once our set theoretical considerations are taken seriously [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref14">14</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref15">15</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref16">16</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.75758-ref17">17</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s5"><title>5. Conclusion</title><p>The golden mean probability resolution of the voter paradox is applied in the present work to the triple-slit experiment of looped light. In a nutshell our analysis lends a firm probabilistic underpinning of a highly non-classical quantum phenomenon without direct reference to quantum mechanics. In general we hope that we showed with utter simplicity that measurement naturally converts an empty set to a zero set which means a quantum wave to a quantum particle. In other words, it is all nothing more than the topological density of spacetime. That is exactly why we think the looped light is an experimental proof for the fractal nature of quantum spacetime and that dark energy and dark matter are real consequences of the topology and geometry of quantum spacetime.</p></sec><sec id="s6"><title>Acknowledgements</title><p>The first time I learned of the voter paradox was from my then Ph.D. supervisor, Prof. J. M. T. Thompson, FRS around 1970. Amazingly the subject remained dormant in my subconscious for almost 47 years. I am grateful in all events to Prof. Thompson for expanding my horizons beyond civil engineering.</p></sec><sec id="s7"><title>Cite this paper</title><p>El Naschie, M.S. (2017) Looped Light on Dark Energy. 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